How many of you find IT intimidating? Go on, be honest! This week on pages 10 and 11 we have started a process of bringing technology news into the magazine. The editor, whose technophobia is legendary in The Friend office, is planning to throw a lifeline to readers of a nervous disposition (those of you who quake when anything mysterious occurs on your screens). We would like to know how many readers would appreciate a monthly IT problem page written, we hasten to add, by writers who will not dazzle you with technology.
The wonderful Judi Brill (page 11) who calmed many a frazzled Quaker nerve in the cybercafe at Yearly Meeting, is convinced that we can overcome IT jitters and feels that every Quaker meeting could usefully appoint an IT advisor to ease us gently into the new age.
Qeye is currently trialing its own weblog, as you can see. In the meantime, let the editor know of your interest on editorial at thefriend.org – that’s if she can open the emails....